Sundic languages
E1005534
Sundic languages are a subgroup of the Western Malayo-Polynesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Southeast Asia and the surrounding island regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sundic languages canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12812350 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sundic languages Context triple: [Western Malayo-Polynesian languages, hasSubgroup, Sundic languages]
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A.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
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B.
Ndunic languages
Ndunic languages are a small subgroup of Plateau languages spoken in central Nigeria, known for their significant linguistic diversity and limited documentation.
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C.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Katuic languages
Katuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions by various indigenous ethnic groups.
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E.
Pearic languages
Pearic languages are a small, endangered branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by indigenous Pearic communities in Cambodia and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sundic languages Target entity description: Sundic languages are a subgroup of the Western Malayo-Polynesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Southeast Asia and the surrounding island regions.
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A.
Zanian languages
Zanian languages are a small group of closely related Kartvelian languages spoken primarily in western Georgia, including Mingrelian and Laz.
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B.
Ndunic languages
Ndunic languages are a small subgroup of Plateau languages spoken in central Nigeria, known for their significant linguistic diversity and limited documentation.
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C.
Batanic languages
Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Katuic languages
Katuic languages are a branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in Laos, Vietnam, and neighboring regions by various indigenous ethnic groups.
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E.
Pearic languages
Pearic languages are a small, endangered branch of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by indigenous Pearic communities in Cambodia and nearby regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian languages subgroup
ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ |
| arealGroup |
Javanic languages
ⓘ
Sundanese–Madurese–Javanese cluster ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Bali
ⓘ
Java ⓘ Lombok ⓘ Madura ⓘ western Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Balinese language
ⓘ
Banten Sundanese language ⓘ
linked to:
Baduy Sundanese dialect
Banyumasan language ⓘ
linked to:
Banyumasan Javanese
Cirebonese language ⓘ
linked to:
Cirebon Javanese
Javanese language ⓘ
linked to:
Javanese
Madurese language ⓘ
linked to:
Madura language
Osing language ⓘ Sasak language ⓘ
linked to:
Basa Sasak
Sundanese language ⓘ
linked to:
Sundanese
|
| languageFamily |
Austronesian
ⓘ
linked to:
Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian ⓘ
linked to:
Malayo-Polynesian languages
|
| notableLanguage |
Balinese language
ⓘ
Javanese language ⓘ
linked to:
Javanese
Madurese language ⓘ
linked to:
Madurese
Sundanese language ⓘ
linked to:
Sundanese
|
| partOf |
Western Malayo-Polynesian branch
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
|
| primaryCountry | Indonesia ⓘ |
| region |
Insular Southeast Asia
ⓘ
linked to:
Malay Archipelago
|
| spokenIn |
Maritime Southeast Asia
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ island regions of Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ Western Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| typology | predominantly agglutinative ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script (Pegon and related varieties)
ⓘ
Balinese script ⓘ Javanese script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
Sundanese script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sundic languages Description of subject: Sundic languages are a subgroup of the Western Malayo-Polynesian language family spoken primarily in parts of Southeast Asia and the surrounding island regions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.